From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <zsh-users-return-19311-mason-zsh=primenet.com.au@zsh.org>
Received: (qmail 20680 invoked by alias); 2 Nov 2014 21:00:33 -0000
Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
X-No-Archive: yes
List-Id: Zsh Users List <zsh-users.zsh.org>
List-Post: <mailto:zsh-users@zsh.org>
List-Help: <mailto:zsh-users-help@zsh.org>
X-Seq: 19311
Received: (qmail 15440 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2014 21:00:18 -0000
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,HTML_MESSAGE,
	RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.2
X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
        d=1e100.net; s=20130820;
        h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date
         :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type;
        bh=vctqxbVI2sXJimc7E8dJY8Jnllqvm1+zThf6/ad4B/M=;
        b=UYD6HlJ95mQMYUqZsOG02nWfKSbUhHbJoXhjY84VcKeSg82k/90HSe1sWnycBY+atU
         aDmtw+KByWZHni2GKswjIRaY7AOteBzGyDoBGuz+Qr6lteWXMGy7q7RA0ki/gj+wNw5m
         YUhBESenvC1LP4Ivt9BpC+TP/5SKq1rYDZ0uWy+2FIl7rjtzHdG7Q1d48XY6iszg0pYK
         b8ZObZoBma0TO5EuWiJAJqRAPGhYKHwEfrVfWb4zFE7Uzoalqz3yXNH8GtCyuSPuM7Sa
         ba95UiHqH+W/24kQmxQOxZNA9A30BiV5lqwz6FOHRJF+JmI3kqRMnEUypZ9Az+5KW5J+
         zuBQ==
X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlpWxmq/myZNzOZ0RpHmY8Y7Japrk+P+JGi73pVjIr3eq9Faa7HSzjnXpla8K3+x98Hcfgq
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Received: by 10.229.118.1 with SMTP id t1mr58794161qcq.17.1414962014270;
 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 13:00:14 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <5456984A.3020001@eastlink.ca>
References: <5456984A.3020001@eastlink.ca>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 13:00:14 -0800
Message-ID: <CAH+w=7aWS0xyS4CXRJBphDjesfUFQOsyJRMaG3RZRxmuj7xkOg@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: for loop question
From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1133097a3b4ecf0506e6840c

--001a1133097a3b4ecf0506e6840c
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

> I've fiddled around with various modifications but it seems to dislike "
[ -n "$TLC[i]" ] "
> even though the 'while' loop is happy with it.  That expression evaluates
to true or
> false, does it not? So why won't 'for' swallow it?

The double parents (( )) are special arithmetic syntax.  You can't use an
ordinary shell command like "test" ( for which "[" is an alias) inside that
construct.

--001a1133097a3b4ecf0506e6840c--